courtroom
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Origin of courtroom
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When a newly confirmed district judge takes the bench, the FJC teaches him how to manage a docket, handle complex evidence and run a courtroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
To block these policies, Paxton returned to Kacsmaryk’s courtroom.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
The hearing featured lengthy debates over the admissibility of evidence - with media lawyers and Kirk representatives arguing passionately for everything to be displayed publicly or at least in the courtroom.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Television channel T24 said on X that the 55-year-old politician, considered to be the main opposition challenger to Turkey's veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had been "expelled from the courtroom... for disrupting order and discipline".
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Russo, facing the judge, put his hand behind his back and flashed a stealthy thumbs-up to the courtroom.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
In county-seat courtrooms, you learn quickly that the court system works only when everyone—the farmer, the defendant, the victim’s family—knows the judge is impartial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Guillot, who also has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, says that while some people think of court reporters as older ladies typing away in courtrooms, it is a perfect fit for her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
"They are carefully planned and time-limited exercises designed to make best use of already-funded and available courtrooms, judicial capacity and sitting days," it added.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
It is spoken in hospital corridors and courtrooms, in waiting rooms and at kitchen tables, by those who keep pressing, keep trying, keep hoping.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2026
The dark passage outside the courtrooms was packed with tall, black-hooded figures, their faces completely hidden, their ragged breathing the only sound in the place.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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